Donovan Warren
Michigan – Ohio State rivalry game. | |
No. 21, 30, 36 | |
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Position: | Cornerback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Long Beach, California, U.S. | January 31, 1989
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Long Beach (CA) Poly |
College: | Michigan |
Undrafted: | 2010 |
Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Donovan Jamelle Warren (born January 31, 1989) is a former
During his three years playing for the Michigan Wolverines football team, he started in 34 of 36 games.[1] As a member of the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team, whom he led in interceptions, he earned 2009 first team All-Big Ten recognition from the media and second-team recognition from the coaches. He had chosen Michigan over his hometown favorite University of Southern California because he believed that he would be able to play immediately there. Warren had played high school football at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California.
Early years
A native of
At the beginning of the recruiting process, Warren was considered very likely to play for the USC Trojans football team, since they had four players from his high school on the roster and his godfather, Mark Carrier, was a USC alumn. However, USC had a lot of depth at cornerback at the time and Warren (as well as his father) had a good relationship with Michigan assistant coach Ron English.[5] When Warren made Michigan his final decision, he was noted as feeling that his heart wanted him to choose USC, which was the school he had grown up rooting for, but his head led him to Michigan where he could play immediately and work under the tutelage of English, who had developed many defensive backs who went on to the National Football League.[6]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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Donovan Warren CB |
Long Beach, California | Long Beach Polytechnic (CA) | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) | 175.5 lb (79.6 kg) | 4.51 | Feb 1, 2007 |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 4 (CB) Rivals: 25, 3 (CB), 4 (CA) ESPN: 86, 8 (CB) | ||||||
Sources:
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College career
As a
As a sophomore, he started ten games at cornerback and one at safety.[1] During the November 1, 2008 game at Purdue, he recovered a fumble on Purdue's opening possession that led to a Brandon Minor 45–yard touchdown run on the next play.[9]
As a junior, he started all 12 games at cornerback.[1] That season, he led the Wolverines with four interceptions, which ranked tied for sixth in the Big Ten Conference and 49th in the nation.[10] He recorded one in each of Michigan's first three conference games during the 2009 Big Ten Conference football season,[11] including a controversial one to seal the team's fourth consecutive victory to start the season in their conference opener against the Indiana Hoosiers that withstood instant replay video review.[12] He ran back the third of these interceptions for a 40-yard touchdown in the first minute of the third conference game against the Iowa Hawkeyes.[13] At the conclusion of the season, he was selected as to the 2009 All-Big Ten conference team by the media (first-team) and coaches (second-team).[14]
Professional career
Pre-draft
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | ||||||||
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5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
193 lb (88 kg) |
301⁄2 | 91⁄4 | 4.4 s | ||||||||
All values from NFL Combine[15] |
On December 20, 2009, Warren announced his decision to forgo his final season of collegiate eligibility and enter the
New York Jets
Despite earlier predictions, Warren was not selected in the draft. He signed as an
2011
Warren signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 7, 2011.[31] He was cut September 4, 2011.[32] Warren then signed with the Detroit Lions a few days later and was placed on the practice squad.[33] Warren was released from the Lions practice squad on September 20, 2011.[34]
2012
On January 6, 2012, he signed a reserve/future contract with the Chicago Bears.[35] On June 12, 2012, he was waived by the Bears.[36]
Personal life
Warren's uncle Chuckie Miller played for the Indianapolis Colts and his father, Alvin, played football at New Mexico State.[1] His godfather, Carrier, is an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals.
References
- ^ CBS Interactive. Archived from the originalon March 1, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "Donovan Warren". Rivals.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "#2 Donovan Warren". Scout.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "Donovan Warren – CB". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ a b "U-M fans: Meet Donovan Warren". Scout.com. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Crabtree, Jeremy (February 6, 2007). "Warren follows heart to Michigan". USA Today. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Evans, Thayer (September 16, 2007). "After 0–3 Start, Weis and Irish Plan to Start Over". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "SN's 2007 college football All-Americans". SportingNews.com. December 7, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ "Michigan 42, Purdue 48: 1st Qtr Play-by-Play". ESPN.com. November 1, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- NCAA.org. January 7, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "Donovan Warren #6 CB". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "Late Forcier TD, Warren key interception seal victory for Michigan". ESPN.com. September 26, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ "Stanzi, No. 12 Iowa dump Michigan for best start since 1985". ESPN.com. October 10, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- CBS Interactive. November 23, 2009. Archived from the originalon November 27, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ "Donovan Warren Combine Profile", NFL.com, retrieved April 25, 2010
- Detroit Free-Press
- ^ Hubbuch, Bart (May 1, 2010). "Undrafted Warren, now a Jet, blames Advisory Board". New York Post. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ Schad, Joe (December 20, 2009). "Wolverines junior Warren won't return". ESPN. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Weeks, E. (February 17, 2010). "Prospect Watch: CB Donovan Warren". Thejetsblog.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Birkett, Dave. "ESPN analyst: Donovan Warren 'not the player he should be at this point'". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Birkett, Dave (February 17, 2010). "ESPN analyst Mel Kiper ranks Michigan football draft prospects". AnnArbor.com. MLive.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ Birkett, Dave (March 12, 2010). "Donovan Warren borrows shoes, takes part in Michigan's pro day". AnnArbor.com. Mlive.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- Si.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ Birkett, Dave (April 24, 2010). "Zoltan Mesko, Stevie Brown drafted, Donovan Warren goes unpicked". AnnArbor.com. MLive.com. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ "U-M fans: Meet Donovan Warren". Microsoft/Scout.com. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on March 21, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- ^ Waszak, Dennis Jr. (April 27, 2010). "Source: New York Jets sign 10 UFAs, including Michigan CB Donovan Warren". The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Leberfeld, Dan (April 27, 2010). "Warren switching positions?". Scout.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ^ Waszak, Dennis Jr. (May 1, 2010). "Former Michigan cornberback Donovan Warren gets chance with Jets". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ Mehta, Manish (September 3, 2010). "Jets in process of trimming roster to 53". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on September 7, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ a b "New York Jets Transactions - 2010". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
- ^ PFW Staff (January 7, 2011), "NFL transactions for January 7, 2011", Pro Football Weekly, archived from the original on March 24, 2012, retrieved January 9, 2011
- ^ "NFL transactions for September 3, 2011". Pro Football Weekly. September 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- Detroit News. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ Monarrez, Carlos; Dave Birkett (September 22, 2011). "Jim Schwartz: No magic formula for stopping Adrian Peterson". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (January 6, 2012). "Tice named Bears offensive coordinator". ChicagoBears.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
- ^ Mayer, Larry (June 13, 2012). "Keeping Cutler upright of utmost importance". Chicago Bears. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
External links
- Michigan Wolverines bio
- Warren's college stats at ESPN.com
- Warren's college statistics at NCAA.org
- Warren archive at AnnArbor.com